This course is initiated, developed and jointly offered with UNESCO’s programme ‘From Potential Conflict to Cooperation Potential (PCCP)’ and the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education. The course introduces the basic concepts of water cooperation, conflict prevention and mitigation and provides in-depth skills training.

Dr. Thiessen’s lectures will include a simulation demonstrating how Smartsettle could be used by Iraq, Syria and Turkey to negotiate water quantity and quality issues in the Tigris-Euphrates watershed.